Eric Joyce

Eric Joyce was Labour MP for Falkirk West from 2000, and Falkirk from 2005. He resigned from the Labour party in 2012, with Labour electing a new prospective parliamentary candidate in the summer of 2013. He resigned as PPS to Bob Ainsworth in 2009, citing concerns over the war in Afghanistan. He served as a private in the Black Watch before attending university and then rejoining the army as a commissioned officer. He left the army with the rank of major in 1999.